China shut down more than 40% of websites based in the country between 2010 and 2009, according to a study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a state-sponsored think tank. Despite the 1.3 million Chinese sites that were shut down, the study i...

As the uprising in Egypt enters its sixth night, social media is active all over the world, and to a much lesser extent, inside of Egypt itself. The government has officially shut down the Internet in Egypt, bringing the information flow from the cou...

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